Virginia spent $3.3 million removing snow from Sandy

December 1, 2012 | 3:04 pm
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FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 file photo, Robert Connolly, left, embraces his wife, Laura, as their son Kyle leans over, at right, as they survey the remains of the home owned by Laura's parents that burned to the ground in the Breezy Point section of New York, following Superstorm Sandy. Sandy ran up a $42 billion bill on New York and the state and New York City are making big requests for disaster aid from the federal government, according to one of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration officials. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Virginia spent nearly $3.3 million to clear roads of snow dumped on parts of the Commonwealth during Superstorm Sandy.

The Virginia Department of Transportation was forced to spend part of its $145 million snow removal budget earlier than expected to remove as much as two feet of snow. The agency spent just half of its snow removal budget last winter.

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